Game



March 22, 1932. B, E, JQNES 1,850,675

GAME

Filed oct. 7, 1930 EJ. 'Z m l INVENTOR www@ Patented Mar.y 22, 1932 unirnos-rares: lParaNr orifice;

BERNARD E. JONS, OF `MONESSEN, Il?Il-ilNNSYLV'ANIA.-`

G-AIMEV Application filed October 7, 1930. Serial No.`486,946.

My invention relates togames, and more particularly to game boards for use in simulating baseball games.

One object of my invention is to provide o a game board for playing games similar to ybaseball and the like, in the playing of which the element of skillV does not enter, but` whereinall players have an equal chance to Win.

- Another object of my inventiony is to provide a game of the type referred to wherein there can .be no conflicting plays and wherein each play will create a particular situation which cannot involve any complications in the way of Lapparently conflicting situations of a previous play or plays.

A further object of my invention is to provide a game board particularly suitable for the simulation of baseball, and which will embody a maximum of elements of the conventional outdoor baseball game.

Still another object of my invention is to provide a game board that is simple, inexpensive of manuta cture, andwhich is durable and convenient of operation.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a :tace or `plan view of la game board; Fig. 2

is a kview thereof, partially in side elevation and partially in section, and Fig. 3 is an end elevational View thereof.

The game elementsy proper are mounted upon a base 4 that maybe of wood or other suitable material and of a convenient size for" handling. Upon the base 4 a playing field stops or a fence for confining the ball to the playing iield .and for directingjthe ball in various angular. directions upon contact .A

Y Y that pocket y12 which indicates that the batthereof with the rails.

The base when in use is supported inan inclined position by a strut member 6 that is hinged thereto at 7, and may be swung from its folded position of Figs. 2 and 3 tofa position at right angles to the .pla-ne ot the base, e

so that the rear edge of the base will be higher than the front edge thereof.' The front edge of the base is supported upon legs 8.

The playing l'ieldrof the board, which lies between the rails 5 that have the appearance of a fence which furthe-r enhances the simi- A stop bar 13 is hinged to the lower edge oi is defined by rails 5 which serve as marginal Y. n n and 22, for showing which, if any, of the bases n larity to a basebally diamond, contains aseries or" pins 9 arranged in rows. The pins of each row are offset or staggered with relation to the pins of adiacent rows, so that a ball` l0 which is introduced at the entrance opening 55 11 will be directed in zig-zagpathsuntil it reaches a series of alined rows of pins 12 that form-pockets which are designated by plays such as strike, ball, three base hit, etc.

the board so that it can be swung into position on top of the board as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, to temporarily retain the ball in the pocket 12 and give therplayers an opportunity to definitely note which pocketthe ball entered. rllhe. barf 13 is of trough-like ormand inclined toward a receptacleY 14, so that when the bar 13 is swung to the position shown in Fig. 1. the ball will rollffrom the pockets 12 into the cup 14 from which it can ""0 be readily removed and again placed into play at the opening 11.

The yupper portionsV of the railsk 5 are of irregular form so that when the yball engages 1 certain portions thereof it will be deflected toward the mid portion of the field at different anglesthanwh'en it engages other portions thereof, thus adding to the uncertainty andinterest of vthe game. f

A score board 15 contains insignia for balls, strikes and outs, and pointers 16, 17 andr 18 y,are pivotally mounted onthe base for indicating lthese plays. A'baseball vdiamond 19y is imprinted or otherwiselappli'edto the base 44 and containsk pivoted pointers 20,21 85 are theoretically occupied byrunners.

In playing the game, if the ballr lOenters ter has made a single, the imaginary batter of course becomes a runner, and the pointer 2O is turned to show that he ison first base.

.It on the next roll yof the ball a two-base hit is indicated at the point where the ball comes Y to rest between the pins 12,]the pointer 22 will 95 gle is indicated bythe second play, the previous batter would of course advance only to second base. In other words, runners are only advanced a distance determined by the base hits.

In case the ball comes to rest in the pocket marked grounded-out the batter will be thrown out at first base and runners on the bases will be advanced.

For example, if we already have a runner on first base, and the batter grounds out, the runner who is on first base goes to the second base and the batter is out. If the next batter grounds out, the batter is out and the runner on second base does not advance. If the first batter of an inning hits a three base hit he of courserbecomes a runner on third base with no one out. If the next two batters ground outy he still remains on third base, as the fielder is supposed to hold the runner on the basewhile throwing out the batter. If the bases are full with no one out and the next batter grounds out, the runner on third base scores, but if the next batter grounds out, the runner on third does not score as first base is unoccupied.

The hit batsman becomes a runner on first base, and if a runner was already on first base, that runner advances to second base. If runners were on first and second bases they advance one to make room at first base for the hit batsman. If runners are on first base and third base, and batter becomes a hit batsman, the runner on first base goes to second base, but the runner on third base does not advance.

A runner does not advance on the play Flied Out.

Safe Bunt is the same as a single, advancing a runner one base regardless as to what base he is on.

Three strikes constitutes an out, and four balls puts the batter on first base, and if a runner is already on first base that runner advances to second base.

Two persons are to play, each person to represent a side.

Three outs retire one side.

Nine innings constitute a full game and the side having the most runs at the end of nine innings wins the game.

I claim as my invention 1. A game board comprising a base having a playing field defined by rails, deflecting pins on said field, receiving pockets disposed across the forward edge of the field, the board being inclined upwardly and rearwardly from said forward edge, and a stop bar pivotally mounted at the lower side of said pockets to release the balls therefrom, the stop bar having 'ai ball-receiving channel that is inclined toward one edge of the board.

j 2. A game board comprising a base having a playing field defined by rails, deflecting pins on said field, receiving pockets disposed across the forward edge of the field, the board ybeing inclined upwardly and rearwardly BERNARD E. JONES. 

